Everyday Life at the Ninja Academy

Life at the Ninja Academy was not as boring as she had imagined. Every now and then, she could tease little Naruto, bicker with Sasuke, and compete with them for first place in the annual assessments. Watching the two of them get furious yet remain helpless against Hinata was enough to brighten her whole day.

Hinata felt no shame whatsoever about bullying bratty kids.

Adults naturally should not stoop to a child's level, but Hinata was a child now too, so she had nothing to worry about.

If they deserved a beating, she beat them. If they deserved a pounding, she pounded them. If not for the fact that neither of them had a big mouth, Hinata's title of "Little Tyrant" would probably have echoed throughout Konoha by now.

In front of others, Hinata still looked like a proper little lady.

In truth, Hinata was not deliberately putting on an act. In her previous life, she had never been much of a talker and had been something of a homebody. Around people she did not know well, she rarely took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

Come to think of it, temperament really had a lot to do with looks.

Someone who was quiet and poor at socializing would be called cool if handsome, and ladylike if cute.

But if they were ugly... they would be called withdrawn, insecure, repressed, introverted, and easy to bully...

Besides Naruto and Sasuke, Hinata naturally would not leave the other members of the Konoha 11 alone either.

Even if the gap in their strength became enormous in the future and they found it hard to fight side by side, merely being strong was useless when living in Konoha.

Sasuke and Madara were both monstrously powerful, yet both had still been ostracized by the people of the village.

While there were few people in class during the break, Hinata sneaked to the back of the room, patted Choji's shoulder with her little hand, and threatened in a low voice, "If you don't want to spar with me in taijutsu class, hand over the chips already."

Choji: "..."

Choji looked toward Shikamaru as if begging for help, only to find that the unloyal bastard was actually asleep.

The Hyuga Clan and the Akimichi Clan were both taijutsu clans, so naturally no teacher would object to Hinata sparring with Choji.

Hinata looked tiny and frail, but the Gentle Fist targeted internal organs. One light pat on the stomach with her little hand was enough to make someone vomit up last night's dinner.

Choji swore that he never wanted to experience being struck in the stomach by the Gentle Fist a second time in his life.

Seeing Choji look so aggrieved that he was nearly crying, Hinata said irritably, "It's not like I'm taking all of them. You brought so many snacks. Giving me one bag of chips won't starve you to death. Don't worry, we're friends bound by a bag of chips now. If anyone bullies you at school in the future, just tell them my name."

Patting her small chest, Hinata declared proudly, "From now on, I'm your boss."

Shikamaru, who had been pretending to sleep, could not help but retort, "You really dare to say that. If a teacher bullies Choji, would giving them your name do any good?"

With tears in his eyes, Choji pitifully took a bag of chips from his backpack and handed it to Hinata.

For Choji, who loved food as much as his life, being willing to give Hinata his chips proved that he had already accepted her as a friend.

If it had been anyone else, even if he could not win, Choji would have fought them desperately.

Hinata rather liked Choji, the chubby boy with a soft and kind heart.

Every fat guy had hidden potential!

"Thanks!"

Having gotten the chips, Hinata returned to her seat and began eating them by herself.

Hinata had plenty of ways to deal with the boys among the Konoha 11 in her year, but when it came to the girls, she was completely out of ideas.

Someone might ask: Hinata herself was a girl, so why could she not make any female friends?

The reason for that!

Was naturally Sasuke.

Sasuke simply saw Hinata as a formidable rival, without any other thoughts.

But in the eyes of the other girls, Sasuke clearly cared about no one but Hinata.

Hmph!

Was being born into a good family such a big deal?

Was being pretty such a big deal?

So even though they were all girls, if they were romantic rivals, it would probably be difficult for them to become friends.

Sakura and Naruto had not transferred into the class yet. Led by Ino, the girls in the class collectively excluded Hinata. If Hinata had not been strong enough, she probably would have been bullied after school every day.

When she saw Kiba Inuzuka return from outside, Hinata waved in greeting. "Hello, Akamaru!"

"Woof!"

Kiba Inuzuka said unhappily, "Hinata, are you only capable of seeing Akamaru?"

Hinata glanced at Kiba Inuzuka. Too ugly, rejected!

Akamaru was cuter!

Hinata had originally planned to raise a ninja hound for fun and had even paid a special visit to the Inuzuka Clan for that reason. But dogs were no longer cute after growing up, and without the Inuzuka Clan's secret techniques to support them, they were not especially strong either.

So Hinata gave up on the idea.

She would be better off finding a way to get a Summoning Beast in the future.

School had already been in session for four months. The year-end holiday would arrive in another month, and the final exams were only a few days away. After that, there would be two months of vacation.

In peaceful times, the village was still quite tolerant toward apprentice ninja.

The First Hokage had founded the village so that children would no longer have to suffer the ravages of war.

Though in Hinata's opinion, becoming ninja at twelve and starting to carry out missions was still extremely inhumane.

After the next semester ended, before the second year began, the school would reshuffle the classes according to the students' grades.

Guys like Kiba Inuzuka, who routinely skipped class, and Shikamaru, who slept through lessons, would probably be assigned to another class.

Choji would likely be transferred away too.

Sakura had good theory grades, so she might be assigned to Hinata's class.

There had been many flashbacks to their school days in the Original Story, and the Konoha 11 were not in the same class in many of those memories.

It was only shortly before graduation in the sixth year that the village gathered the Konoha 11 into one class.

Resting her little head on one hand, Hinata let her thoughts wander until the class bell soon rang.

Much of what the Ninja Academy taught was actually quite simple for Hinata. She merely needed to learn it again in a new language.

Once she understood the lessons, Hinata would also imitate the delinquents in class by lying on her desk to sleep or reading extracurricular books meant for children.

Whenever the mood struck her, Hinata would also practice her chakra control.

Of course, whenever Hinata's laziness acted up, she only trained halfheartedly.

The word "hard work" simply did not fit the style of a cheat-user like Hinata at all.

In fact, many people had a misunderstanding about Hyuga Clan ninja. Because no Hyuga Clan ninja had used ninjutsu in the Original Story, people assumed that the Hyuga Clan could not use ninjutsu.

As the young lady of the Hyuga Clan, Hinata felt it was necessary to clear the Hyuga Clan's name.

That claim was actually wrong.

Aside from the Byakugan, the Hyuga Clan had no special physique, so they could naturally learn ninjutsu.

In the official settings, Neji was a ninja with water, fire, and earth affinities, while Hinata had lightning and fire affinities.

It was simply that the power of the Gentle Fist had made the Hyuga Clan abandon those ninjutsu.

The Gentle Fist could be used in close combat, at range, for control, and for defense. It encompassed nearly every trait of ninjutsu, and more importantly, it required no hand seals.

Techniques such as the Air Palm, Air Palm Slash, and Mountain Breaker were all powerful long-range attacks.

And the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack used by Kaguya Otsutsuki was the ultimate secret art of the Gentle Fist.